Hats off to Chipper on a great career. Genuinely a quality player and person throughout his career. He will be missed and the type of player he is, is a dying breed, a player staying with the same team for their career. Along with all of the memories he has given the game, I'll remember him, also, for trying to play Craig Biggio's last at-bat ground ball to him into a single.

One of the many things that I loved about Chipper was that he wasn't actually a natural 3rd basemen. He grew up and came up as a Shortstop, and in the fall of 93 when he was a September call-up played a little SS, but mostly pinch-hit. Before the 94 season, they wanted to switch him to OF because Ron Gant got in a motorcycle accident in the offseason and they needed a replacement OFer, and they already had people entrenched at SS and 3B (Pendleton at 3rd, I think Blauser was still there at SS). But Chipper tore his ACL in spring training and missed the whole season, and after the 94 strike/season Pendleton left as a free agent, creating the opening for Chipper at 3rd. Always have wondered what would have happened had Chipper not tore his ACL in ST. Maybe his career wouldn't have been nearly as good (that's my theory)._________________Former Falcons Mod
"John Wayne and Rio Lobo are coming up next, just as soon as Jeffrey Leonard hits into a 6-4-3." (CRACK!) "Six...four...three!" -- Skip Caray
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He made his debut on September 11, 1993... Nearly two decades. I can't even begin to emphasize just how much that means. That says it all, really. You don't play in the big leagues for nearly 20 years unless you're very good, very durable, very consistent, and very complete. Chipper was the whole package and he can enjoy retirement and a subsequent Hall of Fame invitation in due time._________________

"When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality."
--Joe Paterno.

I grew up watching the Braves (loved it when they were on TBS every night here in Pittsburgh) and he and Fred McGriff were my heroes. I can't tell you how many Pirates / Braves game I saw here in Pittsburgh. My family and I went on a vacation to Florida when I was 9; and we stopped in Atlanta on the way down just to go to Fulton County Stadium to see a Braves game. Ironically, they played the Pirates that night

I was lucky enough to see the first two games of their games against the Pirates a few weeks ago. The place went nuts every time he came up to bat. He got a standing ovation during his at-bats the first night. Even Pirates fans were standing and going crazy.

When he didn't play the second night, the Braves got boo'ed all night; especially when he didn't pinch-hit

I remember being young and always worrying about the day when everyone does those teams in the 90's finally quit playing baseball. I figured Chipper would be the last; just didn't want to see this day come.